Titanium has been making its way to watch cases since the 1970s, when Citizen brought the first titanium watch to market. It’s since become an industry staple, with numerous brands offering titanium-cased options in their lineups. Titanium’s popularity stems from its unique properties—it’s lighter than stainless steel (making it attractive…

I must say, seeing the lavishly factory-set, full pave dial-equipped Rolex GMT-Master II 116759SARU hands-on was much like a soul-searching experience. I had this dream once, where I met the high priest of some long-abolished civilization. Sitting on the ground, sipping on his weird pipe, with his eyes closed, he…

The Freak has returned. At SIHH this week, Ulysse Nardin updated its most prominent watch with new technology first seen last year inside the Innovision II. While the Innovision II was just a concept watch, its ideas have been fleshed out into what UN is calling the Freak Vision, which…

This year, Eaton’s collaboration takes the same approach of using unconventional materials by incorporating brushed bronze into the bezel. The Classic Fusion Bronze was directly inspired by the famous Charging Bull sculpture in New York’s Financial District that is also made of bronze. On the caseback, an Eaton-arranged medley of…